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Rabbi Naphtali
Burnstein to Address
Jewish Genealogy
Society on Reading
Jewish Tombstones
Rabbi Naphtali Burnstein, Rabbi of
Young Israel of Greater Cleveland, will be
the featured speaker at the Wednesday,
September 7 meeting of the Jewish Gene-
alogy Society of Cleveland. Rabbi Burn-
stein will discuss how to read tombstones.
Jewish grave markers vary in size and style
and they are often a key to discovering
a family's history. Rabbi Burnstein will
consider how to decipher symbols, Hebrew
names, dates, abbreviations and quota-
tions. He will tell how families use the
information on grave stones to uncover
lost histories.
Rabbi Burnstein has been the rabbi of
Young Israel of Greater Cleveland for the
last 24 years. A native of Washington, D.C.,
he received his Semicha (rabbinical ordina-
tion) from Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Baltimore
and has a Master's degree in Talmudic Law
from Ner Yisroel, and a Master's degree in
Computers from John Hopkins University
Whiting School of Engineering.
The Jewish Genealogy Society of
Cleveland meets on Wednesday evenings,
starting at 7:30 pm, in the Miller Board
Room at Menorah Park, 27100 Cedar Road,
Beachwood. Board members and help desk
volunteers are available from 7 pm to assist
with individual research questions. Guests
are welcome. RSVP to Programming@
ClevelandJGS.org.
HaZamir Cleveland
Auditions
Auditions for the Cleveland chapter of
HaZamir: The International Jewish High School
Choir, brought to you in association with @Akiva
and conducted by Lynne Leutenberg Yulish,
are now being held for the 2016-2017 season.
This is an opportunity for Jewish teen singers
to perform at Lincoln Center in New York City.
For more information, email Sandy Laserson,
@Akiva choir manager and midwest coordina-
tor of HaZamir, at laserson@att.net.